Pinacor to Integrate Compaq ProLiant Servers with Novell BorderManager
FastCache
Provo, UT March 31, 1998 Novell Inc. today announced a partnership
with
Pinacor, formerly known as MicroAge Distribution, to deliver an industry leading turnkey web
acceleration
solution for any company that extends their business to the Internet, intranets and the World Wide
Web.
Pinacor, the third largest distributor and leading provider of channel integration services, will
combine
Compaq's ProLiant Server family with Novell's BorderManager FastCache, the industry's
fastest
and most scalable Internet caching solution for Web-enabled businesses and Internet Service
Providers
(ISPs).
Configured at the border of any UNIX, NT, Macintosh or NetWare network, this joint solution of
Compaq
ProLiant servers with BorderManager FastCache speeds user access to popular Web information,
reduces
network bandwidth requirements, and accelerates any web site. This results in more productive
employees,
lower bandwidth expenses and a cost-effective alternative to upgrading overburdened web
servers. With the
software and hardware integration provided by Pinacor, customers of all sizes can trust that any
service
and support needs will be handled by a proven name.
"With the exponential growth of web sites and hosting services, the need for an easy to implement
caching
solution to address bandwidth issues is more and more apparent," said Don Lyons, group vice
president,
Category Management, Pinacor. "This integrated solution significantly improves the performance
of any
web site whether it is hosted by an ISP or any corporation leveraging the Internet for
business."
"This integrated solution incorporates the results of extensive testing in Compaq's and Novell's
labs, as well
as customer sites," said Mike Mata, Director, Internet Solutions Business Unit of Compaq
Computer Corp.
"As a result, corporations and ISPs can quickly and easily address one of the biggest problems
frustrating
web users today: delays caused by network congestion."
"The turnkey Web acceleration solution presents a significant new business opportunity for our
channel
partners," commented David Trotter, vice president of sales and channel marketing, Novell Inc.
"This
solution can be easily configured and deployed as a Web server accelerator for any NT, UNIX or
Netscape
Web server, not only for external public Web servers, but also in the fast growing market of
intranet Web
servers."
Industry leading Proxy Cache Performance
BorderManager FastCache is an easily administered caching solution that includes proxy caching,
hierarchical network caching and Web server acceleration services. As reported by the
independent testing
authority Mindcraft, Inc., (www.mindcraft.com)
BorderManager FastCache processes 4,055 hits per second or 350 million hits per day. Unlike
other proxy
caches that require expensive hardware platforms and cache farms to scale the Internet,
BorderManager
FastCache delivers this phenomenal performance on a single Intel Pentium II processor.
BorderManager
FastCache increases the responsiveness and capacity of any NT, NetWare or Unix Web server. In
fact,
according to Mindcraft, BorderManager FastCache scales a Sun Unix Web server more than 700
percent.
Pricing and Availability
Pinacor, formerly known as MicroAge Distribution, is a top tier distributor of Compaq Server
products.
The Novell BorderManager FastCache - Compaq ProLiant bundles are immediately available
from Pinacor
with a variety of options for configuring to end user specifications. Bundle pricing begins under
U.S.$6000.00. To place an order please contact Pinacor at 800-PINACOR or 800-746-2267.
About Novell
Founded in 1983, Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the world's leading provider of network
software. The
company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet/intranet and
small-business markets, as well as the network computing industry's most comprehensive
education and
technical support programs. Information about Novell and its complete range of products and
services can
be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com.
Novell is a registered trademark and BorderManager and BorderManager FastCache are
trademarks of
Novell, Inc. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective
holders.
Press Contacts:
Gordon Evans
Novell Inc.
Phone: 408-577-6371
Internet: gmevans@novell.com
Nan Stillinger
Cunningham Communications, Inc.
Phone: 650-858-3772
Internet: nstillinger@ccipr.com